The Osceola times., 1887-09-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Picked eggs: Boil hard and pu,
into cold water; when cool remove the
shells; stick cloves into them and pu,
In cold vinegar.-Boston Budget.
Banana Ice Cream: Make steam.
ed custard ofa pint of milk, two eggs
and cup of sugar. When cold. add =
pint OF cream, six bananas sliced, and
freeze.--N. T. Observer.
10 clean porcelain kettle, fill hall
full OF hot water. put in tablespoonful
OF powdered borax; let it boil. IL thi,
does net remove all the stain, scou,
with soda or borax. Mothers Maqa
zine.
There is New Hampshire farmer
who ships from his farm an average OF
1000 bushels Of b,ucbcrries yearly. He
also handles for ncighbors within 8
circuit Of mile 1000 bushels. Chris.
tian at Work.
--Pickled Tomatoes: Slice green to-
matoes and boil in weak brine until
tender. Dissolve one pound of brown
sugar in one quart of vinegar Scald
and pour over tomatoes and spice te
taste. Toledo Blade.
Lemon Jelly: The yolks of two
eggs, one cup Of sugar, one cup OF
water, ore tablespoonful of corn
starch and the juice and grated rind OF
one lemon. Cook till thick. This Il,
nice for layer cake. - Mdianapoli,
Sentinel.
Silver Cake: One-half cupful OF
butter. one cupful of sugar, one-hali
cupful of sweet milk with whites OF
four eggs, one and one-half cupfuls OF
flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow.
der. Always beat the eggs separately
and thoroughly. and always rub sugar
and butter to cream. -ETchdnge.
DO not abandon the old reliable
varieties. Try all the novelties that
are brought out, for some Of them may
be excellent, but do not venture on
them until entirely satisfied Of theiI
worth. 1t is not always that new va.
rieties are adapted to all soils. climate,
and conditions. Field ana
St0ck.Dldn.
Equal parts of strong ammonia
water, ether or alcohol form valuable
cleaning compound. Pass piece OF
blotting paper under the grease spot,
moisten II sponge first with water to
make it greedy" then with the mix.
ture, and rub the spot with it. In q
moment it is disso, we'd. saponitied. and
absorbed by the sponge and biotter.-
boston Budget.
A pretty table scarf is made OF a
fine white linen glass towel twenty-siS
Inches wide, and yard and quarter
long. This towel is cross-barred with
red lines forming small squares In each
square small red flower is worked,
ind the ends are trimmed with netted
guipure lace-the pattern of the lace
being picked ont with stitches Of red.
Indianapolis Journal.
--Stewed Eels: Skin and clean, re.
moving all the fat from the inside
,ut INTO pieces less than two inches
long; stew slowly in cold saltcd water
enough to cover them, for one hour.
Add then one tablespoonful of butter,
little pepper. one tablespoonful OF
flour. rubbed smooth in cold water.
Stir till it thickens well. Serve hot in
covered dish. -Egchange.
"A cheap filter, and one easily con.
structed, may be made by walling of
one-third of the cistern with a wall the
thickness of one brick. The brick
should be soft and porous, so that tn,
water will soak through into the larger
space from which the water will be
drawn for use. Room enough should
be left at the top for person to gel
into the filter to clean it out occasion,
ally. Rain water ms ii falls from the
clouds contains the least foreign mat
ter Of all others, except distilled water,
and 1t ranks first in wholesome quail.
ties along with spring water and wa.
ter from deep wells. Very shallow
wells, especially if near any thing liza,
bic to contaminate them by drainage,
are dangerous, though the water i,
quite often palatable. Boston Globe.